Saint Rita Parish

Attendees:      [Use the Meeting Sign-In sheet to assist in completing the attendee list.]

Documents Reviewed: [list the documents presented/reviewed at the meeting]                

§         1/23/06 Parish Council Meeting Minutes

§         Revised Pastoral Plan Development timeline & materials

§         Parish Pastoral Council Constitution

Agenda: Imbed soft copy of the Meeting Agenda        

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Discussion [should include all items on the agenda]

§         Dave Delahoussaye opened meeting with  prayer

§         Jim Kelly was introduced as a participant of the Parish Planning Process

§         Update on Action Items:

o        Amendment to Constitution was presented and accepted.  Minor word changes to the amendment were agreed to: remove the language around Renew’s failure to provide a representative.  Ratified unanimously.

o        Father distributed Parish Council contact information as a back-up to the electronic distribution.

o        Formal communication of Council members has not been conducted. 

§         Carol Lench’s departure from the Council was discussed.  Father will appoint a replacement to the Council.  That individual will serve the remainder of her term (7/07) and still be eligible for three additional consecutive terms.  The role of Vice Chair was voted to be filled by Joe Colello.

§         Yanni Martinez’s replacement was discussed.  Two candidates were interviewed by a committee.  Linda Waddell has been named the new Program Director and begins on 4/17/06.  A celebration to thank Yanni for her service is being planned for 4/30/06.

§         Current status of mitigation of wetlands was discussed.  Father provided the history behind how we got into a situation of non-compliance with the Core of Engineers.  It appears the Parish will pay the Diocese $2,000/acre for land that will be used to mitigate the previous requirements (~120K).  The Core won’t discuss options for future development until we get the previous requirements resolved.

§         The process and timeline for developing the Pastoral Plan was presented.  The following key points were discussed:

o        A handout of the training materials provided at the Diocese training was presented.  This will supplement the materials in the Workbook and be the foundation of our process.

o        A revised schedule was presented and discussed (attached).  The timeline was pushed back to accommodate the integration of the CARA survey findings. 

o        Each sub-committee presented current status of their tasks:

o        Process: 

-        Self-evaluations will go out to Parish organizations 5/1 to be returned by 6/1

-        We need to choose a facilitator for the Assembly – Father Werner is a hopeful option; dioceses has a list of other options as well

o        Data Collection: 

-        We will present CARA survey data results; need to present summary findings, but provide details for all parishioners

-        Self-Evaluation findings will be synthesized and presented to the Assembly

-        Parish specific characteristics need to be gathered and presented (e.g. # and growth of parishioners, demographics, etc)

o        Hospitality:

-        Box lunches from Mcallisters or other simple meal plan will be used for each of the assemblies

o        Publicity Committee:

-        Need to know budget to determine extent of campaign

-        A mailing would be a good idea

-        Also use the bulletin and presenting at mass

-        Need to develop an RSVP process

o        History Committee:

-        Yanni was chair of the committee

-        Presented a tape of St. Rita history that will be converted to a DVD

-        Requested parishioners to provide artifacts but have had no luck so far

-        Goal is to provide a multi-media presentation of the history of the parish

§         New painting of the Mary Star of the Sea Room was discussed.  Juan Carlos Delgadillo offered to paint the room and hall at no labor cost, just materials. 

§         The need for additional folding chairs was discussed.  How to store additional tables and chairs was identified as the key barrier to getting new equipment.  This issue will continue to be discussed.

§         Meeting concluded with prayer and adjourned.

Decisions [list decisions made and action items assigned, if any]

§         Amendment to the constitution to change the make-up of officials was presented and ratified unanimously.

§         Joe Colello was elected as the new Deputy Vice Chair, replacing Carol Lench.

§         Authorized Juan Carlos to paint hall and Mary Star of the Sea Room.

§         Next Parish Council meeting will be held 5/8/06 (6:30 pm)

Action Items  [fill in as appropriate]